300 SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 



But try it on a scale that every one ca/i compare with his own expo* 

 rience, 



B. buys 3 ewes and 1 buck for $4 OC 



He shears 12 Ibs. of wool at 20 cents, 2 40. 



2 lambs at $1, - - - '2 00 



Over 100 per cent. 4 40 



These are suppositions. Take what has actually occurred in Pickens 

 district. Mr. Striblirig, as I am informed by himself, bought one ewe 

 for $1 : 



In 1846 she had 3 lambs, $3 00 



Sheared 2 Ibs. wool at 20 cents, 40 



$3 40 



In 1847, same ewe had 2 lambs, - - - -- - 2 00 



Sheared again 2 Ibs. wool at 20 cents. ..... 40 



Each one of the last year's lambs had a lamb apiece, - - 3 00 



And sheared from the 3, 6 Ibs. wool at 20 cents, - - 1 20 



This is an increase of eight in two years from one ewe, and Mr. Stribling 

 says at this time the whole are alive. I admit this is an extraordinary case, 

 and it is only mentioned to show there are cases of actual increase far 

 above any of those calculations made above. 



If, then, the climate be not only adapted to fine wool, but also 10 the 

 coarse if the range, which is abundant and sufficient to feed a flock tne 

 entire year; and if the above calculations are founded on data anywhere 

 near correct, what more can be desired to show the applicability and value 

 of sheep husbandry to this section. ^ 



From three very respectable wool growers, one from each of the states of 

 Pennsylvania, New York, and Ohio, I was told the way to make a calcu- 

 lation on the profits of sheep husbandry in a reasonably safe way, was to 

 put down every year one-ninth less of lambs than you have ewes, and then 

 deduct one-tenth from the whole for deaths in that year. 



Thus, say you have 100 ewes. 



From 100 deduct one-ninth, and you have - - - 89 lambs. 



189 

 Then deduct one-tenth for deaths, - - - - 18 



And you have 



To start with the next year. On this basis I have taken one hundred ewes 

 and run the calculation on for eight years. The result was : 



Wool sheared in eight years, ........ 17,190 Ibs. 



The gentlemen above alluded to, say that half the wool wia pay all ex- 

 penses, even when the winters require five months' fp',d : 



Deduct, then, one-half, 8,595, at 20 cents, ...... $171900 



The increase amounted to 2067 sheep, at $ 1, .... 



Total, .... $3786 00 



This result, if attained, would exceed fifty per cent, compounded. They 

 say, too, ii is a safe estimate to say that the lambs of each year will pay the 

 expenses of the whole flock for that year in Pennsylvania. They more than 



